Forum: Cork county-wide forum

Hi Iam hoping someone who can help me. I am looking for Edward Dartnell b about 1788 Cork who married Elizabeth (Unknown) about 1808. I know that they had 1 son Thomas b about 1809 who emmigrated to Australia. I would really like to know if there were any other children & a surname for Elizabeth...

Hello I'm fairly new to searching and seem to be going around in circles, I'm looking for information on my great grandfather Robert Sherlock dob around 1847 in Ireland (cork) his wife's maiden name (Hannah Shine)is listed as a widow in the census for and 1911 and 1901. I would also like to find...

I'm trying to trace Daniel who was born 1803 in Cork. He came to Australia as a convict in 1829. Apparently he was married before he was transported. He then used the name John McGuire but once he gained his freedom he went back to using Daniel. I can follow him in Australia but I have not found...

I would be interested in making contact with any other members researching this surname from Bantry and the surrounding area of Co. Cork?

John Fitzgerald junior born Co Cork, possibly Mallow region circa 1886 to John Fitzgerald, a tailor by trade, mother possibly Eliza. Died Doneraile 1951. Apologies for sketchy information but have not been able to make any headway with finding birth If anything rings a bell please post any...

Does anyone know if it is possible to view Irish Electoral Registers? I visited a relative when I was child, it would have been 1945 or 1946 but I do not know who they were. They lived in Desert or Ring near Clonakilty. My Grandfather was born in this neighbourhood in 1865 and emigrated to England...

I really need tuition in what Irish records are available, so that I can unravel a family secret. My Gt/Grandmother Emma Painter was always referred to as The Irish Granny. This turned out to be a total red herring and I spent years trying to find her. I unravelled part of her sad story just...

hi everyone, i was wondering if anyone who knows or have heard of the crean family in kinsale,parents frederick & maryellen crean(nee ward)or thier children.. richard (dick),benny (bunna),freddy,florry,eddie,tommy,& michael.....sheila,maureen,vera ,queenie,annie &...

I am trying to find a marriage for Richard Andrews to Ellen Lucey in Cork - who I believe were the parents of my grandfather Frederick John Andrews b. 1876. I have found an Ellen Lucey (widow) - aged 56 - in the Cork 1901/1911 census returns wih several other children. Frederick turned up in...

Hi all, Please forgive me if I've posted this here before, but I can not find anything through the search facility. John Ingram was born about 1785 and Grace Madder was born about 1791. They were married 1811 Diocese of Cork & Ross, county Cork, Ireland (found in Irish Records Extraction...

The family story has always been that my mothers PHAIR family came to London from Cork (city or county?) sometime in the 1800's. A bit vague certainly, but so far I've only managed to find 'Ireland' on census returns, and there were certainly Phairs in Cork, e.g. Pigots Directory 1824, has a Phair...

My gt.grandfather Cornelius Power was born 1839 in Aghada (parents Patrick Power (Seaman) and Joanna Finn. He was the seventh and last child. According to his marriage certificate in 1866 his father was already dead by that date. Joanna Power is in the Griffiths Valuation of 1851. I have the parish...

I will add my name to the masses of other folk looking for Irish origins. I don’t expect any short cuts and I know it won’t be easy. I have descendants John Cronin and Ann Dowse, both born in Cork according to the 1851 English Census ( Southwark St Saviour). I have applied for some...

I have an ancestor Ann Dowse who I would like to trace. Her married name Ann Cronin appears in the 1851 Census for St Saviour Southwark ( Loman St), aged 32 born in Cork Ireland. Her children were Mary, Ann, Margaret and Thomas all born in Southwark. I have a birth certificate for her 2nd...

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I know an Elizabeth Hartnett was born in 1829 in Cork.Her marriage certificate to Richard Godson states her father was a Richard Hartnett. Is it possible to find the marriage/birth details of Richard Hartnett?